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piston

PI-stan
pistan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈpɪstən/ · 2 syllables

How “piston” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “piston” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishpiston
Ingglishpistan

“piston” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “piston”
Ingglishpistan
IPA/p//ɪ//s//t//ə//n/
Sounds
6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɪ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /p/, /s/, /t/, /n/
Syllables
2 — PI · stan, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 1.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,711 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɪstən/

“piston” — questions & answers

How do you spell “piston”?

P-I-S-T-O-N in English; “pistan” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “piston”?

PI-stan — IPA /ˈpɪstən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “piston”?

/ˈpɪstən/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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